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Last Sunday night I spent a good five minutes lying facedown on my couch, my head pressed into the crack between our old tan cushions, my arms pinned awkwardly under my chest, emitting a sequence of guttural moaning noises as my wife silently read Janet Maslin's newly-posted New York Times review of my novel, "This Bright River," and then - after some gasps and one very disconcerting, empathy-laden, "Oh no" - attempted to describe the review's contents aloud.

Today Condé Nast International CEO Jonathan Newhouse announced that Vogue will license a Ukranian edition through a partnership with local media company UMH Group. It is expected to launch in the next 12 months. "The Ukraine is ready for Vogue," Mr. Newhouse said in a statement.

HOUSTON - Starting Sunday, Amazon.com will start charging sales tax to its Texas customers. Brick and mortar bookstore managers are cheering the new deal between the state and the online retailer. They say it will "even the playing field." At Brazos Bookstore, it's easy to find readers like Karley Little.

According to Houston Police, on June 18, Jesus Christ Anthony Turner pointed a gun at a man and robbed him. Since the alleged offense took place while the 27-year-old South Park resident was free on bond for a January home burglary, Jesus Christ is currently being held without bail in the Harris County Jail.

Raw video: Kidnapping by Mexican police MEXICO CITY (AP) - There it was on video: Five heavily armed policemen barge into a hotel in western Mexico before dawn and march out with three handcuffed men in underwear. But police weren't making an arrest. Prosecutors say they apparently were taking orders from criminals.

In a fascinating report-a Tale of Five Californias-the non-profit Measure of America describes the state's distinct economic communities. From "The Forsaken Five Percent," who have been "bypassed by the digital economy and left behind in impoverished LA neighborhoods," to "Main Street California," the better-educated "suburban and ex-urban Californians" with a "tenuous grip on middle-class life," and to "Shangri-la"-prosperous Silicon Valley.

At a meeting this morning of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' Criminal Justice Integrity Unit, University of San Francisco academic Richard Leo expounded on his research into police interrogations and the causes of false confessions. (See Grits' prior discussions of Leo's work here , here , here , and here .)

Baku's Hospital Number 1 is an impressive building. It is immaculately clean and well equipped, a symbol of the modern state that oil-rich Azerbaijan wants to be. But upstairs in a hospital bed was another symbol of modern Azerbaijan - a badly injured journalist.

It was the altitude, officially. If the flight attendant was concerned about my tears, or if the little girl in the pink hoodie across the aisle was curious: Reading at 13,000 feet makes one susceptible to mood swings. It's a scientific fact.

Associated Press | Jeff Roberson Most headlines about Monday's World Golf Hall of Fame induction focused on Phil Mickelson. But for Texans and sportswriting connoisseurs, the big news was Dan Jenkins. The 82-year-old novelist, former Sports Illustrated writer, and current Golf Digest contributor (pictured above with his daughter, the Washington Post's Sally Jenkins) is the first scribe who didn't have to die to get inducted.

GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) &acirc; A central Texas church spokeswoman says New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow is set to speak to an expected 20,000 people on Easter Sunday. People attending the non-denominational service will sit on lawn chairs and blankets.